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Re: GDT #5: Leafs @ Dead Things, 7:30PM, TSN4

tbh, this might be about trying to work up some kind of trade value for marincin, who does have a bit of a career behind him.

I hadn't really considered that as a possibility, but that could be a factor here.

After all, whenever the Swedish dude with the nice hair signs a contract and returns, the Leafs will have to dump someone from the current roster in order to make room. And the only guys on the team who are still waiver-exempt are Kapanen, Johnsson, Dermott, Ozhiganov & Lindholm, and it seems unlikely they'd send any of those guys down.

“I’ll trade five ordinary players for one great player any day. You can always find ordinary players.” - Conn Smythe

Re: GDT #5: Leafs @ Dead Things, 7:30PM, TSN4

I wonder if the Goat can actually figure it out as a 4th liner. He was legit good last game, albeit against absolute crap competition. But still - if he can do well against crap competition that's a worthwhile 4th liner. And I thought I read somewhere that his possession numbers in the AHL playoffs last year were pretty darn good, whereas in previous ahl stints they had been pretty bad.

Re: GDT #5: Leafs @ Dead Things, 7:30PM, TSN4

Originally Posted by zeke

I wonder if the Goat can actually figure it out as a 4th liner. He was legit good last game, albeit against absolute crap competition. But still - if he can do well against crap competition that's a worthwhile 4th liner. And I thought I read somewhere that his possession numbers in the AHL playoffs last year were pretty darn good, whereas in previous ahl stints they had been pretty bad.

I've never had much hope of The Goat being anything more than an OK 4th liner, and last year pretty much did away with even that modest hope.

Still, when it comes to last season, it might be worth taking into consideration that he spent most of the 2017 off-season re-learning how to walk. So, maybe that Dallas game isn't just him beating up on awful competition, and it's indicative of where he's currently at after the AHL experience he's accumulated, and being able to work through a full, healthy off-season.

We'll soon find out.

“I’ll trade five ordinary players for one great player any day. You can always find ordinary players.” - Conn Smythe

Re: GDT #5: Leafs @ Dead Things, 7:30PM, TSN4

Originally Posted by Artnes

Dermott on the right side could help fill that black hole

Get him comfortable there and start slowly increasing his minutes as games go on

This would require Babcock putting Hainsey out to pasture, and I think we all know this isn't going to happen any time soon. There might be another mid season intervention like there was last season, but Babcock will give Hainsey absolutely every opportunity possible to prove he can still do it.

The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than is required to produce it.

Re: GDT #5: Leafs @ Dead Things, 7:30PM, TSN4

It looks like Babs might have finally got the drift on Hainsey. He's fourth among the blueliners with 5v5 TOI/G. I've been noticing he's starting to play way better, despite all the people around the interwebs screaming about him being over the hill.

He's also not leading in pk toi/g either. That's Zaitsev.

My view from last season was that he went in the toilet due to extreme overusage. Looks like that's indeed the case.